KerryB

Another Hanno TR! I'm looking forward to the rest of it, great job so far. I am really impressed that you were able to hit the parks the way you did jet lag and all. Inspiration indeed for any possible future International TPR trips for me! Thanks again Hanno!

^Roxanne, I am so looking forward to hanging out with you on the WCT! I enjoyed meeting you when you joined up with us on the ECT, so now I'll really get to know you. Can't wait! (I guess I should wait for the actual participant list before I get too excited...but that's impossible!) KerryB

^^I totally agree with all of the last three posts....well almost totally.. 14? Really, I think the average age is somewhere between 8 and 10 with occasional jumps to college age, sexually suppressed inappropriate behavior! Speaking as one that was very concerned about the not knowing anyone, traveling alone, kind of situation...just go! You'll never regret it, I know I don't. The boards they open pre-trip really help you get to know some people from the start. I had dinner the first night at the hotel with a new group of friends that I hope to keep in touch with forever...whether they like it or not! That was just the start of adult summer camp on some sort of mind altering substance! Just go!

I just cast my last vote for you....good luck!!

Voted again...the power of TPR being shown again at its full might!! Our own little vicarious Disney TPR take-over!!! PS...I just bought a Tinkerbell-esque costume myself for this Halloween. But now I'm off to get a bottle of absinthe as I'm going to be a slightly different green fairy!!!

^Worked! You got my vote....good luck!

Thanks for the update on Scarowinds. I'm going next Thursday and am really looking forward to this! Were the random vampire groups there this year? I stumbled across a group of them last year after passing through one of the dark tunnel walk-throughs....uber creepy/cool!

Great TR! It was so good meeting you on the ECT. Glad to see you got back for some more chocoholic time. I am still upset they decided to tear out the rapids, but what can you do. It's still a beautiful park and the Lightening Racers will always hold a special place in my little competitive heart!!

Great TR! It was so good meeting you on the ECT. Glad to see you got back for some more chocoholic time. I am still upset they decided to tear out the rapids, but what can you do. It's still a beautiful park and the Lightening Racers will always hold a special place in my little competitive heart!!

^When I get a copy? How much is it worth it to you that I don't post a boat photo? Hmmm, blackmail!!!

^^That's what I was wondering!! (Wow, Christiana really must be ticked off at that bird)...but birds due tend to bother rodents, so I completely understand! I have to insert what I think is a funny Robb picture here...sorry to bogart your update Jason, is this way against the rules? This is from our first day/first park of the trip....Sesame Place. (I know the picture isn't exactly what it looks like at first glance, but pretty darn close!) Welcome to the ECT, now shut the he!! up and get in line for your tickets!!!

Very interesting update, Bas...I was wondering when the mass boob credit was going to appear. It was dark, I was attacked in line for that freakin' Corkscrew Hill! ...oddly appropriate...Still, great update Bas, minus the drowned rat and boob attack! BGE was one of the best days of the trip...lots of madness occured!

C-Jay, Great update yet again! It's good to see you back online. I continue to be impressed with everyone doing updates...I haven't even developed all of my pictures, so therefore am very impressed with all trip reports! I really, really enjoyed Morey's. Great White was so much fun! I was somewhat nervous about the condition of that coaster prior to riding it. But I liked the Hurricane at Myrtle and it was close to the beach, just not on it! In Jersey weather year 'round! I imagined great pain, but we'll leave that for the Hurler. Great White just got better with each ride. Ok...so I edited my Hurler tirade that was in this part of the post..sorry you missed it, but I thought it would get the thread too off track. Just know that there was one, and that should be enough...for now! (You wacky, shaken up Hurler Fanboys!) Fantastic trip report...although it did remind me of the garlic situation...that was a bit on the extreme! I'm also still upset that I was a dork and ran off missing the screamin' swing! I didn't know that you two braved the Skyscraper, I wanted to try that one too!! Next TPR trip I'm there, if someone will ride it with me! Keep up the good work and I'll see you 'round!

Where you the one riding Boulder Dash during the ERT while wearing the Boulder Dash hoodie?! Nope...I did not have a Boulder Dash hoodie...mine is green and just has Lake Compounce on it. After having ridden Boulder Dash, I would not mind having one of those either!

Too funny, Hanno! Fantastic photos...except of me! I hope I don't look that terrified through all of the rides, but that particular mouse was a little on the interesting side. I still haven't quite gotten over photos of the water slide at SFNE as well. I never did get completely dry the rest of that day. But if I had to buy a hoodie, I'm glad it was at the surprisingly favorite park Lake Compounce. I'm happy to have that souvenir! (and I was finally cuddly warm again!!) I really enjoyed Quassy, and I'm still jealous of Jahan's penguin! I'm looking forward to the rest of your PTR. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. KerryB

Bas, Great update!!! I just got completely caught up with your TR from the start of the ECT. And no, you didn't scare me with your attempts at getting the pic of Manhattan!!! (It was just a warning of the photo taking intensity to come! ) Fantastic photos...I look forward to the rest of them. The trio day of the truly super Superman, Speed Bump, and Boulder Dash's homefront was one of the absolute best days of the trip. I remember being really shocked at how much we did in that one day...and then thinking how cool it was that it was still just the start of the trip! I wish we were just heading out to Coney tomorrow!!

^Absolutely understandable!! I'm enjoying living vicariously through yet another incredible TPR trip. I'll look forward to the official East Coast update, but I'm also enjoying what everybody else is pulling together from the ECT. It just gives me something else to look forward to knowing there are more updates to come. Thanks for taking the time to do the Asia updates you are doing. Having now done an actual trip, I don't know how anyone posts while on a trip. I could hardly see straight by the time we got back to the hotel most of the time! (Except for maybe a couple of memorable nights in Williamsburg!) Thanks Again! Sleepy KerryB

^Oooo, now I'm all jealous again! HKDL...maybe in a couple more years! I just got completely caught up on the updates and they are great as usual. I'm not sure if I would have braved the Honey Lake coaster or not...I probably would...I am a dirty whore like that, but I would be terrified the entire time! I know the odds, but with rust like that it just wouldn't matter to my chicken heart! Speaking of chickens...how sad is it that I had to go back and look at the pictures after people were commenting on the chicken head. I was wondering what brought on your extra special back-story/commentary. I thought it was mostly for Kidtums reaction to your eating the chicken! I'll just prefer to think it's because I'm very, very tired..and not that poor of an observer!!! And the Christmas Dark Ride...too funny! My brother despises "It's a Small World" especially after our last visit to the Magic Kingdom. He rode it six times in a row with my then four year old niece because she was afraid of the fireworks. (And of course her dear Aunt watched the fireworks instead!) He said he rode it and just thought if they would just make it a shooting ride....scary! Anyway, your updates are fun and informative as always! Thanks for taking the time, Robb. I'll look forward to the rest! KerryB

^^Fred is the bomb!!! I kept thinking about maybe going back for the credit run at GADV, but I also wanted to stay with the main group as it was our next to last day. It ended up being tremendously fun to do the little bit of water park we did. And of course it was worth it for the company, but I am very glad that R&E worked out the opportunity to go back. The mouse was no big loss...helped in part to their stacking of cars as well as holding dispatch at an odd rate. I could not believe we waited an hour or so, but I'm glad I didn't skip the credit. As it is I didn't break 150 because of a few missed credits!! Oh well, more of a reason to go on another TPR trip...as if I needed more of a reason! I do want to get back to GADV someday soon though. I really don't feel like I did that park justice...especially El Toro. I think my expectations were just too high and they weren't met...mostly due to the amazing experience of Boulder Dash! So, I need to go back on a non-rainy day and give the bull a re-ride. (Although, it was nice to hang out on the deck with a nice cool beer...friends...and watch the rain for awhile!) Great update as always! You make me miss the trip a little more every day!

^You just made me chuckle, Phil. And for good measure...Thank you again!! Anyway, I agree that something along the lines of a behind the scenes/ documentary style of Airline would be entertaining. Think of the "Dumbest things the GP Have Said" thread. People tend to shut their brains off when entering amusement settings be it a theme park, beach, Jimmy Buffett concert. The end result can be entertaining in and of itself. Fashion Police gone wild...why do some women feel it is appropriate to wear five inch heels in a theme park? That never ceases to amaze me. I just don't know if the parks would be willing to let people see all of the behind the scenes, keeping the rides operational kind of things. But the day to day operations...gimmicks used to keep smaller parks afloat. Special episodes featuring the looney enthusiasts like us that roll through a park (just not too "heavy" on the ACE please!!). Could be interesting. Or each season they could just follow a smaller park or two showing what they do to compete with the big boys. I'm rambling, but I hope that was somewhat helpful!

I really enjoyed our stop at Coney on the ECT. It was a place I have always wanted to go, so I am glad that I had the opportunity. Occasionally areas were scetchy, but that is also some of the atmosphere that just fits with the destination. The Breakdance was crazy! I liked the test cycles the op would run just to let people know speak now, or hold your peace and everything else 'til the cycle is over! Glad to see the Wonder Wheel and Cyclone aren't on the chopping block yet. Cyclone may have been rough, but it is a definite classic and would be a loss. (Not like the Hurler in it's various forms...modern built crap coasters of pain) I hope they work something out. A permanent park would be cool, and they could still get the authentic theming involved as well. Kind of a harder edge Wildwood. Anyway, losing any rides to condo development absolutely sucks. I hope that is not the way this goes.

C-Jay, lovin' the TR. BGE is just amazing and that day was just too much fun. We got absolutely soaked on the rapids as well thanks to Robb pre-training the onlookers! And enough just can't be said about the Big Bad Beautiful Wolf at night! How much fun is it to be riding and howling on a coaster as everyone else has to walk on out of the park!?! Keep up the good work and thank you for taking the time to do the updates! KerryB

Jeff, I'm enjoying the TR, thank you for taking the time to keep adding to it! I really am glad to see the culture stop. I'm enough of a nerd that I would like to see some of the big attractions at a foreign destination. (and the jade factory...a little bit of shopping would have had to be done...just a little jade penguin...or some other trinket!) To think that Kidtums has already walked on the Great Wall at her age...fantastic! I love that she has fans around the world! I'm looking forward to the rest of your report. Have fun! KerryB

Very cool game, Eric! I love movies, Denzel, and it's still theme park related as well....Scene It, TPR Edition...I'd buy that one, or at least be excited if it was in the bag of crap!! Looking forward to the rest of the update! KerryB

So there could be another park employee injured/killed as we have also had this summer? No, the hat should have just been written off as a loss. If you take something with you on a ride and lose it, it should just be considered gone. No retrieving. It's just not that important and if it truly were...you wouldn't take the chance of losing or damaging the item on a ride. Would a complete non-retrieval policy suck? Yes, of course it would if it were my own cell phone/wallet/camera...but I can also accept that I would have been the jerk that carried it on the ride. Bad decision paid for with the lost item. But we are a land of no personal responsibility...so it is uncommon to admit our own jerky stupidity. The only other option that I think is remotely viable is lost and found after closing...I think dropped items should have to be recovered by the owner the next operating day. Only retrieve dropped items after park closing. Inconvenient, yes...again not the park's problem. All unclaimed items could be sold on Ebay to fund a new ride! Think of some fun names for rides purchased due to unclaimed jacka$$ items!! That could be fun... ...Or I guess it could be donated to charity, but that's not near as much fun...